Wednesday, February 26, 2014

OMG It's Gonna Rain!

The nattering naybobs of negativity are in full bloom as the FIRST, (i.e., One) (1st) (only) storm of the season is aboot to hit Southern California. 2 inches of rain is forecast and the wind will blow a little.** Nevertheless, we are being bombarded by an endless parade of predictions, prognostications and DOOM!. Katie, bar the door, to the lifeboats, man the sand bag line, flash floods are a possibility, homes will be lost, mothers will have to tread water, the chillern will be harmed. Oh, the humanity. Welcome to So Cal. Meh...Me? Well, I check the level in the rum stash and took Hockeydawg for a swim before the "OMG It's Gonna Rain!" storm arrives.

We good.

** (This storm is a good thing...I have a 20 mile ocean race on Saturday. Let it blow!!)

Respect My Authority! cried the yet to be identified Chicago Cop as he arrested the young ruffian for, wait for it, throwing a snowball, accurately. Yes, with visions of Elliot Ness rounding up the thugs from the mean streets of Shitcago, Officer Snowball had the 13 year old boy charged with a FELONY.According to police, a 13-year-old boy was charged as a juvenile with
felony aggravated battery against a police officer Wednesday after he
hit the officer in the arm with a snowball while the officer was parked
in his vehicle in the 4900 block of West Congress Parkway about 3:20
p.m.

Apparently no other crimes were committed that day in one of the countries leading Murder Capitals. The Thin Blue Line has held. Thus, justice has been served....

There is a saying that goes something like "Those who do not know it are bound to repeat it."

I was over at Rogers page perusing the selections and came across this chronology of the Rise & End of the Third Reich. We all know of many of the events, however, the timeline illustrates the concurrent nature of many of the actions. I found it interesting in light of the current day march towards Socialism. Hmmmmm......

A Chronology of the Third Reich (1919-1945)

1919: September Hitler joins an obscure fringe group, the DAP (German Workers' Party).1923: November 8-9 Hitler leads the abortive Beer Hall Putsch (coup d'état) in Munich.1923-1924: In prison for high treason, Hitler authors Mein Kampf (My Struggle).1933: January 30 President Hindenburg, under the sway of the ultra-conservatives, appoints Hitler as Chancellor.1933: March to January, 1934 Period of Gleichschaltung (co-ordination under Nazi control) of most aspects of German society1933: April Official boycott of Jewish shops1933: October Germany quits the Disarmament Conference and the League of Nations.1934: January 26 Germany signs a ten-year treaty of non-aggression with Poland.1934: June 30 Night of the Long Knives (the alleged threat of a
"second Revolution" is ended, the power of the SA destroyed, the regular
army placated.)1935: June 18 Anglo-German Naval Convention signals Britain's unwillingness to defend the Versailles settlement.1935: September 15 Promulgation of the Nuremberg Laws relegates
Jews to a separate second-class status in Germany, prohibits
intermarriage and sexual relations with Germans1936: March 7 German military re-occupation of the Rhineland
successfully challenges France's willingness to act in defense of the
Versailles settlement.1936 Germany and Italy intervene in the Spanish Civil War.1937: November 5 Hitler reveals his long-range "plans" to the Reich leadership (Hossbach Memorandum).1938: March 13 Anschluss: Austria is annexed to the "Greater German Reich."1938: August Decree requiring all Jews to adopt the first name "Israel" or "Sarah"1938: September 30 Munich Conference: Britain and France grant
Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland to Hitler to avoid war; Hitler gives
Chamberlain his personal word on future cooperation (the height of the
policy of Appeasement).1938: November 9-10 Reichskristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass):
German authorities orchestrate a nationwide pogrom against Germany's
Jewish population.1939: January 30 In a speech to the Reichstag, Hitler predicts
that a war in Europe would lead to "the annihilation of the Jewish race
in Europe."1939: March 15 Hitler's forces invade "rump" Czecho-Slovakia in violation of Hitler's pledges to Chamberlain.1939: March 31 Formal Anglo-French guarantees are presented to Poland.1939: August 23 Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression Pact (& secret protocol dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence) is signed in Moscow.1939: August 31 Hitler gives final orders for the invasion of Poland.1939: September 1 German invasion of Poland (In response,
Britain & France declare war on Germany and begin the Sitzkrieg in
the west; in six weeks, Poland falls--no effective outside aid is
rendered.)1939: October Hitler signs an order authorizing Operation T-4,
the killing of Germans with physical and mental handicaps. The gassing
techniques developed during the course of T-4 are later used in the
death camps in Poland.1940: May 10 Blitzkrieg on France, Belgium, and Holland launched.1940: June 22 Fall of France; German forces occupy northern and
western France; collaborationist Vichy government set up in
south-eastern France.1940: September Goering's Luftwaffe fails to bring Britain to her knees (Battle of Britain).1941: May 20 Walter Schellenberg of the RSHA tells the German
military commander in France that further Jewish emigration should be
prevented in view of transportation problems and the fact that a "Final
Solution [Endlösung] of the Jewish question" is foreseeable.1941: June 22 German invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation
Barbarossa); Hitler declares a Vernichtungskrieg (War of Annihilation);
behind the front, special killing squads (Einsatzgruppen) begin the mass
murder of Jews and Soviet officials.1941: mid-July At a meeting in Berlin, Himmler reveals the plan
for the Final Solution to his subordinate, Höss, and puts him in charge
of developing a large-scale killing center at Auschwitz.1941: July 31 The formal order for the planning of a coordinated
Final Solution of the Jewish problem throughout Nazi-occupied Europe,
already drafted by Eichmann, is signed by Goering.1941: September The efficacy of Zyklon B (prussic acid) for
gassing humans is tested on Russian POWs at Auschwitz. General
deportation of German Jews begins.1941: October 23 Gestapo Chief Mueller disseminates Himmler's
order blocking further Jewish emigration from Nazi-controlled areas of
Europe in preparation for the Final Solution.1941: November 18 After a personal meeting with Himmler on
November 15, Reichminister Rosenberg of the Ostministerium tells German
journalists in confidence that the Final Solution, consisting of the
"biological extermination of all Jews in Europe," has begun.1941: December 7 Japanese forces attack Pearl Harbor--the US finds itself at war with both Japan and Germany.1941: December 8 Gassing of Jews begins at Chelmno (Kulmhof).
Other death camps come "on line" later: Belzec (March 1942); Sobibor
(April-May 1942); Treblinka (July 1942)1942: January 20 The Wannsee Conference is held in Berlin to
coordinate the Final Solution; Reinhard Heydrich, subordinate of Himmler
and head of the RSHA (Reichssicherheitshauptamt) presides. Eichmann
takes official notes at the meeting which survive as evidence.1942: July 17-18 Himmler, on his second visit to Auschwitz, personally witnesses killing procedures using Zyklon B.1942: August to Jan. 31, 1943 Battle of Stalingrad1944: June 6 D-Day (Allied landings on the French coast at Normandy)1944: July 20 Failed attempt by German conservatives to
overthrow the Nazi government and assassinate Hitler (who survives the
bomb blast relatively unhurt)1944: August 25 Liberation of Paris by Free French, US, and British forces1944: December to Jan., 1945 Battle of the Bulge: last major attempt to turn back the Allied advance in the west1945: January 27 Red Army liberates Auschwitz, finds convincing evidence of SS atrocities and of the Holocaust.1945: February Yalta Conference (Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin plan the post-war future of Germany and the rest of Europe.)1945: April 14 British army liberates Belsen; mounds of corpses have to be buried by bulldozer.1945: April 25 American and Soviet forces meet at Torgau on the Elbe: Hitler's collapsing Reich is cut in two.1945: April 30 Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide in the Berlin bunker.1945: May 2 German forces in Berlin surrender to the Red Army.1945: May 7 Unconditional surrender of all German forces.

Monday, February 24, 2014

Damn. Just Damn....

Have ya ever found a blog where you could just pull it up and know you were gonna read something good? Something wholesome. Something you wish you had thought of. A place where ya just felt comfortable? This blog, Home On The Range, has been that for me. I don't know the purveyor other than what I have read and a few comments back & forth. But, it is a place I have grown fond of.

Tonight, I was saddened to learn that her trusty sidekick, Barkley, has passed on.

Article caught my eye. This weapon has been garnering a larger degree of curiosity of late. I see them in Big 5 when I go to pick up another 12 Lacrosse balls for the chillern. $170.00 for a weapon that Ivan, Vasily, and their friends used to defend the Motherland back in the day. I am talking about theMosin Nagant M44, of course.

The article addressess the prospects of "sporterizing" the venerable rifle. In layman's terms that means bringing it in to this century with some upgrades.

As some of you may recall, I shot one of these flame throwers during the annual romp in Yuma last fall. Very impressive weapon to shoulder. Heavy recoil and some unmistakebale flameage when you pull the trigger. Accurate though.

I must say with some opf these upgrades it may have a corner in my gun safe. Check out the article and be sure to look at the comments. The knuckle draggers are out in force....

Here is an ad from 2010 regarding the comment from California other Moonbat Senator, Babs Boxer. One thing I never noticed is that Peabody award winning actor Nick Searcy, of "The Acting School" fame portrays the Major General or General Major....

UPDATE: Oh yeah, Nick also stars on the TV show "Justified". Sorry I forgot to mention that, Nick. Sheesh.............

Big tip of the olde chapeau to my Blog Pal, Captain Capitalism. Seems my favorite Economics guru, Aaron Clarey, has a new book out, and is making the rounds of all the hip places. Why even teh esteemed Ed Driscollhas opted to interview old Cappy. If Bachelor Pad Economics is anything like Worthless or the epic Enjoy The Decline you all have some reading to do. I gave copies of Worthless to the chillern of friends heading off to college. I know they will thank me ....later.

Friday, February 21, 2014

It's Aloha Friday.........no work till Monday !!! Doo de doo, de doo, de doo ....It's a Happy Birthday weekend around Rumbear Manor. SNO is turning 21! Some final hockey games that hold some interest. A little CR-914 racing on Sunday with birthday cake to follow. (Note to self...time to start marking the rum bottle!)Y'all have a great weekend!!!

Doo de doo, de doo, de doo ....

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Those wacky folks down in Sandy Eggo done went and elected themselves a Republican Mayor! Kevin Faulconer won the Special Election on Tuesday finishing almost 10% points ahead of the Democrat twerp. The election was the result of the former Mayor/Pervert resigning from office when a Platoon of women came forward with tawdry stories of his boorish behavior. This is a big one for the almost dead in California GOP! The Union hacks threw everything they had behind their shill, David Alvarez. With little experience in office for the 33 year old City Councilman to run on he went right into the dirt for his the base painting Mayor Faulconer as a 1%. $4.2 million in union funds poured in. Sandy Fluke and even olde president Zero, Our Hero weighed in endorsing the diminutive Democrat. Outspent by over a million dollars, Mayor Faulconer, (yeah, I like saying that) soldiered on. In the end, the people voted. They tossed aside the Unions, their imported thugs, and race baiting tactics.For now, the Give Us Free Crap Express has been derailed....